Title: Something from Nothing
Author: Maljoy
Chapter: One
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Edmund/Peter
Warnings: Slash, incest, angst, adult themes

Time/Place: Just before "The Horse and His Boy", in Narnia

Inspiration: Norway, the Narnia of Scandinavia

Disclaimers: If I were to own Narnia there would be a lot more slash in the books, trust me.

Summary: Peter is in love with Edmund, and all the Pevensie children know, except Edmund. But giants are attacking Narnia from North and Peter has to leave Edmund, whilst Susan is being court by Prince Rabadash of Tashbaan, and another war is nearing from the south.

Betareader: politelypuzzled

Intro:

OBS: I made this as much like C.S Lewis's way of writing as I could, since I've always found it and interesting way and wanted to try it myself. But of course I gave it a little twist of me.

"Dear brother, I must warn thee, it is not believable that the giants will give up their war so easily, I plead thee, take our dear brother and sister with thee, Your Majesty!" Queen Susan looked entreatingly at the High King. "Susan, my beloved sister, thou must have faith in thy king. You shall see me when I return either with these giants as deathdeath or Narnia's confederacy."

The Gentle Queen sighed and looked around in her older (and wiser) brother's workroom, whiles she (in all probability) considered Peter's words. "And what about Edmund my king? Your Majesty knows that our dear brother is going trough a hard time right now. What will You tell him?"

The King got an empty look in his eyes, and for a second it looked as iflike he was going to cry, but the older sibling just sighed and smiled a sad smile at his sister. "The truth Susan" he said, suddenly not caring about the etiquette they were expected to use.

"The whole truth, Peter?" Susan asked in her ever so gentle voice and looked at her brother with knowing, sad honest eyes. The young man before her shook his head and smiled an obviously forced smile. "No Susan, not yet. But let us partyus enjoy tonight, the others are surely just waiting for us to show up so the celebrations can start. And I am quite sure the young Prince Rabadash of Tashbaan is waiting eagerly too spend his evening with you."

Susan just smiled absently and whisperedsaid softlydelicately: "As you with Edmund Peter, as with you." And left the Magnificence King to participate in the festswept from the room, leaving the Magnificent King alone with his thoughts as she joined the festivities.ivities.

"Finally You arrived my dear brother!" exclaimed the Just King, Duke of Lantern Waste, as his beloved brother walked towards him., King Edmund opened his arms and took Peter in to a, what inattentive eyes would have called a brotherly embrace. But for King Peter it was some entirely different. For, you see, for our High King it felt as if it lasted over a thousand years, not that thatit was a bad thingg for him.

Because Peter had forin many years now, felt strong feelings for his younger brother. Feelings some people would mean diddeem as not appropriatebecome for one brother to feel for the other,a brother to have for his brother, feelings people in our world would say wereas a sin for a boy to have towards another boy.

But to get back to our story, King Peter gave Edmund a friendly clap on his back, in a desperate attempt tohope of concealing these feelings conceal any misread emotions from prying eyes (whether it worked or not is not known) , and drew back from the younger boy with a shaky smile. "Edmund my dear little brother, let us celebrate, but later my friend, I must ask you to retrireead to my office with me, for we have lots to talk about."

King Edmund who was not only were known for his fairness, but also his reasonrationale in his early age of only seventeen summers, knew not to dig into theis subject much at the timeyet, and merely simply nodded. "If I may Your Majesty" King Edmund said after much reflection. "Is this, by nay chance, the thing you earlier on discussed with our sister, Queen Susan?" Tthe smile from Peter lips fadedquickly faded from Peter's lips, "Hashave tThe Queen said anything to you about this conversation Edmund?" he asked hastily, trying to disguise his unease. "No my dear brother, Her Majesty would telltold me nothing, only saying that I would learn of it know soon enough." Peter nodded and smiled once again. "In time dear brother, in time you will know." He saidwhispered murmered and withered slipped away between the guests, so he could himself participate in the bleaks and hope that he could put off the inevitable for a little while longer.